focus group

NOUN

representative survey group

Synonyms

WEAK

market survey marketing study

Example Sentences

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She conducts a focus group of social workers for a documentary in order to try to understand Jeremy’s behavior and the treatment he got at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The members are a demographically mixed bunch that might have been assembled for a focus group, or by one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This means that at any one time, there isn’t a large focus group to drive solutions.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Two members of the focus group, a Latina who works in finance and a white man who is retired, offered these pointed responses:

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

And when that was shown to a focus group, one parent said they would “really want” their child to go there, while another “absolutely wouldn’t”.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024